Railroad-cab



C. P. BAILEY.

Car Seat.

Patented Aug. 3, 1852.

AM. PNOTKFLITHO. 00. NY. (OSBURNE' PROCESS.)

unrrnn srarns ra'rnnr orrron CHARLES P. BAILEY, OF ZANESVILLE, OHIO.

RAILROAD-GAR SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 9,161, dated August 3, 1852.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES P. BAILEY, of Zanesville, in the county of Muskingum and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Seats and other Furniture; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making a part thereof, and which represents a perspective view of the seat.

The nature of my invention consists in combining with a permanent seat, a divided back, so arranged as that each part shall swing around the end of its respective part of the seat, when it becomes necessary to reverse the backs, and so that both parts of the back may be reversed, or only one part, leaving the occupants to sit tete-a-tete.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the draw- The bottom of the seat A, may be made in any of the well known manners of making similar articles, and properly secured to legs B, which may be in turn, secured to the floor, so as to be a fixture, or as the permanency of the seat may require. Around the edges of the seat is a recess or groove 0, which may be formed by allowing the top and bottom parts to project over the main body of the seat, or the groove may be cut; or when made of metal may be cast in the same. A projection upon the lower inside of the backs E, (which are made in two parts) should fit into said groove loosely enough to allow the backs to freely turn, and yet sufficiently tight as to give support to the backs. There is a double bottom to the car seat between which extends metallic quadrants D, (one of which is represented by dotted lines) which are securely fastened to the bottom part of the backs, and lay between said double bottoms. The quadrants D, at their radiating point are provided with eyes, through which a screw or pin from below may pass, and by which they are firmly secured to the seat. The backs are divided and swing around the ends of the seat, always retaining their upright position, and may be entirely reversed, or only one part may be reversed, allowing the occupants to sit tete a tote. The double bottom is not actually necessary, as the quadrant or arms which control the seat, may pass through a slot in the frame of the seat, or may be arranged on the top or bottom or boththe object being to allow the backs to remain upright and swing around from a fixed point. The backs may be of any desired height, and inclination for comfort or convenience and may be coupled together by hooks, clasps, springs or other deviceand the entire frame of the seat may be made of iron or other metal. I purpose also applying this arrangement of backs to other furniture such as sofas, sociables, tete a tetes, &c. In the furnishing of cars, par ticularly for night trains, it may be found advantageous to place a row of double seats on one side of the car, and single ones on the other side, or the passages in the car, may be at the sides,the seats occupying the middle portion. The backs may have a oint in them so arranged as when found necessary to give the back, or any portion of it,

a greater or less inclination as comfort may demand.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim therein as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- In combination with a permanent seat or seats a divided back which is so constructed that one part thereof shall swing around one end of the seat, and the other part around the other end there0fthe back retaining always its upright position, and by which arrangement the two parts of the back may be entirely reversed, or they may be left tete a; tete substantially as herein described.

CHAS. P. BAILEY.

Witnesses v A. B. SToUeH'roN, L. O. DONN. 

